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100			_aDonoghue, Philip C J (Ed.)
245			_aTelling the evolutionary time: molecular clocks and the fossil record
260			_aBoca Raton: _bCRC Press, _c2019.
300			_aviii, 288p.: _bill.; pbk.: _c23cm.
440			_aThe Systematics Association Special Volume Series, Vol. 66
504			_aIncludes Systematics Association Publications and Index
520			_aDetermining the precise timing for the evolutionary origin of groups of organisms has become increasingly important as scientists from diverse disciplines attempt to examine rates of anatomical or molecular evolution and correlate intrinsic biological events to extrinsic environmental events. Molecular clock analyses indicate that many major groups are twice as old, or more, than a literal reading of the fossil record attests, implying that the fossil record is incomplete. Few paleontologists agree that the fossil record is inadequate, arguing instead that our understanding of the molecular clock is far from ideal. Telling the Evolutionary Time: Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record represents a discussion between molecular biologists and paleontologists, in which they investigate the significance of competing sources of data, explain the nature of molecular clocks and the fossil record, and strive to develop compromise models that incorporate contradictory opinions. These are presented as a series of case studies dealing with many of the most important groups of complex organisms, such as protists, land plants, flowering plants, complex animals, chordates, vertebrates, tetrapods, and modern birds. Bringing fresh insight and various perspectives to a complicated argument, this book assembles all sides of the debate into one comprehensive text. It is a significant volume for research scientists and advanced students across the field of evolutionary biology. https://www.routledge.com/Telling-the-Evolutionary-Time-Molecular-Clocks-and-the-Fossil-Record/Donoghue-Smith/p/book/9780367394738?srsltid=AfmBOoqc5D9qwQ2KBvTqykKki6be7qTeRWca5ikq8_M7ejoCxDmOnxpG
650			_aEnvironmental Geology
650			_aGeochemistry
650			_aEarth Sciences
650			_aAnatomical or Molecular Evolution
650			_aCorrelate Intrinsic Biological Events
650			_aExtrinsic Environmental Events
700			_aSmith, M. Paul _eCo-editor
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